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The Bison tied against St Michael on Tuesday, January 25th at the Knights arena.  The Bison were one point behind all up until the third quarter when Aaron Rouse scored a goal the last 40 seconds which made the game proceed into overtime. Within seven minutes of the first period St Michael scored the first goal. The Bison stepped up their game and came back shortly after with a goal from senior Cody Elleteson assisted…

The Buffalo Boys’ basketball team picked up a huge conference win over St. Michael – Albertville at home on Friday night. The Bison beat the Knights 65-52, in a rough battle to the end. The Bison led 27-18 at the half and came out firing on all cylinders in the second half to extend the lead and put the game almost out of reach. The Knights tried to make a run and pulled within seven…

The Bison lost 6-0 against Moorhead on Tuesday January 18.  At 11:30 in the morning the Boys’ Hockey team started their 3.5 hour journey up to Moorhead. They stopped in Alexandria for food and restroom, and arrived in Moorhead at 3:15. The pucked dropped at 6:00 p.m. and the Bison allowed three goals in the first period. “I thought we came out strong and played well,” said Junior Tyler Burg. “Its just we had a…

The Boys’ Hockey team fell to Rogers 2-1 on Thursday. Aaron Rouse scored the only goal for the Bison, assisted by Cody Elleteson and Anthony Thein.  The boys game was marred with a bench-clearing brawl. Rogers scored with eight seconds left in the first period on power play, putting the Bison down 1-0, Rogers again scored with a minute left in the second period. The Bison stepped up their game  and gained possession most of…

Buffalo had a strong performance Tuesday January 18, beating the Cambridge Blue Jackets 3-1. Sam Noetzelman scored the first goal in the first period. The Bison lead 1-0 after the 1st period. Buffalo kept the strong performance and scored two more in the second; Lindsay Roethke scoring the 2nd and 3rd goals of the night. It was not until the 3rd where the Blue Jackets scored there 1st and only goal of the night. The girls…

Sophomore Austin Youngs made a shot from the opposing free throw line at the halftime buzzer last Friday at the B-Squad basketball game. The shot was featured on mnbasketballhub.com View the video here. Buffalo won the game with a final score of 38 to 27, beating Cambridge Isanti by 11 points. Austin was one of the stars of the game, giving his team a total of ten points. “When I made the shot, I was…

Buffalo Boys’ Basketball team went to Rogers High School and came back with their sixth straight victory. Tuesday night, the Bison went into a triple-overtime game with a final score of 57-51. With the pre-season predictions favoring the Royals, because of their size advantage, the Bison knew they had a tough task at hand. “It was a battle all night long, with the score going back and forth,” said Coach Nick Guida In the second overtime, the boys…

The Buffalo Boys’ Swim and Dive team took Fourth Place at their invitational meet in Spring Lake Park at 1:00PM last Saturday. The Bison took had a  score of 345 points. There were 8 teams including Spring Lake Park, Monticello, Cambridge and Elk River. “It wasn’t our best meet but there were some great swims,” said Coach Pam Brophy. “We came off of a really hard, but great meet against Cambridge on Thursday. I think they…

The State-ranked Buffalo Girls’ Basketball team continued cruising Tuesday night at home, crushing the Rogers Royals 60-43. The win improves the Bison to an overall record of 9-1, and moves them into a first place tie with St. Michael-Albertville at the top of the Mississippi 8 conference with a record of 4-0. Senior Kendra Wycoff was 4-5 from the 3 point line, in route to her team leading 16 points. Senior Molly Muntifering added 12…

Buffalo Bison Boy’s Basketball team went on the road on Saturday and beat the St. Cloud Tech Tigers 62-55. The Bison have fell short against the Tigers in the past three seasons, two of which were in the Section final games. The scores from those games were 52-45 and 61-60, which left the Bison with unfinished business. “Guida told us before the game that we had to compete, and we needed heart. We didn’t compete…